Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as important in 1998 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria .
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (1998).
Protected area (PA)
PA designation
PA area (ha)
Relationship of PA with IBA
Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Zambezi Delta
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance
3,171,172
protected area contains site
0
Nhapacué
Forest Reserve
17,000
protected area is adjacent to site
0
Marromeu
Game Reserve
150,000
protected area contained by site
0
Inhamitanga
Forest Reserve
1,600
protected area overlaps with site
0
Coutada Oficial No. 14
Hunting Reserve
135,300
protected area is adjacent to site
0
Coutada Oficial No. 11
Hunting Reserve
192,800
protected area contained by site
0
Coutada Oficial No. 10
Hunting Reserve
200,800
protected area contained by site
0
Coutada Oficial N0. 12
Hunting Reserve
296,300
protected area contained by site
0
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
agriculture
-
fisheries/aquaculture
-
hunting
-
nature conservation and research
-
tourism/recreation
-
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Zambezi River Delta. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/zambezi-river-delta-iba-mozambique on 25/09/2023.